Chaotic week ends with Liberal leadership and Labor cabinet still up in the air

ABC NEWS (Australia)

The Liberal leadership is now a two-horse race between Sussan Ley and Angus Taylor who are fighting for the top job – and the future of the party. Liberals will meet on Tuesday to elect their leader on the same day that the Prime Minister’s new-look ministry is set to be sworn in.

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00:00Australia's Prime Minister!

00:06Basking in the afterglow of victory.

00:10Anthony Albanese receives a hero's welcome

00:14from the largest Labor caucus ever.

00:18And one that, for the first time,

00:20features more women than men.

00:22This is a historic victory.

00:24At least 57% women.

00:27The class of 2025 inducted.

00:30The biggest cheers reserved for the two women

00:32who knocked out two party leaders.

00:35Adam Bant and Peter Dutton.

00:39Others putting on a brave face.

00:42Factional heavyweights wielding the axe.

00:45Forcing Mark Dreyfus off the front bench

00:47along with Ed Husic who skipped today's meeting.

00:51I repeated the message a number of times in this room

00:54of the importance of unity.

00:57After less than an hour,

00:59caucus rubber stamped the New Look Ministry

01:01with four new faces.

01:03Senators Tim Ayres and Jess Walsh

01:05and Victorian MPs Sam Ray and Daniel Molino.

01:09There's a lot of anger within Labor

01:11over the brutal treatment of Ed Husic and Mark Dreyfus.

01:14Former Prime Minister Paul Keating calling it

01:17a display of poor judgement and unfairness

01:20and blaming the Victorian right led by Richard Miles.

01:24One source told the ABC

01:26you'll always forgive in the Labor Party

01:28but you'll never forget.

01:30While Labor squabbles over the front bench,

01:32the coalition is facing bigger problems.

01:35With Dan Tean out of contention,

01:38the leadership is now a two horse race.

01:40Susan Lee on one side,

01:42Angus Taylor on the other.

01:44I know what it takes to lead,

01:46to unify and to deliver.

01:48His running mate rumoured to be Jacinta Nampajimpa-Price

01:51who's sensationally defected from the Nationals.

01:54A move that's infuriated the moderates

01:57and prompted Matt Canavan to challenge David Littleproud

02:01for the Nationals' leadership.

02:03As Labor gets to grips with the scale of its victory,

02:06a warning not to use its thumping majority to overreach.

02:10We have a mandate for what we took to the Australian people.

02:13He'll need to maintain a sharp focus

02:19and avoid destruction amid the clamour.

02:22To the viewers at home, stop ringing.

02:24Thanks very much.

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